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IMPRDVBD WASHING-MACHINE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

i Be it known that I, CHARLES E. WAHLGREN, of Knoxville, in the county of "Knox, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Washingdlfachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of thisspcciiication, in which Figure 1 is a bottomview of the machine. l

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectiomof the same, as'indicated hy the line taken in the plane :v y of fig. I. Like letters in both figures of the drawings indicate like parts.

4The nature of my'invention consists, first, i'n thc construction of a washboard with a reservoir having a perforated bottom, and providing said reservoir with a valve, so that the machine may he dipped in thesuds l instead of the clothes, which will ll the reservoir through the valve, and be retained a sufficient length of time therein, until the machine ils-lifted on to the clothes, and when rubbed over the saine, a strong and beautiful lather will be produced by the passage of the suds through the perforations, which will cleanse the clothes in v.the most perfect manner; second, the combination of wheels :1nd axle, or a roller, with the reservoir, to serre as guides for preventing the clothes from rolling up under the machine,vand also for protecting the same from To enableany one skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I wiiliproceed'to describe its constructionand operation. 1 i y l I l The drawings represent a full-size working machine, with the exception of thewheels, which will be made a little stronger. A is the frame of theimachine. 'B is the reservoir, made of a semieircular shape,`of tin. The sides and front are made of wood. The tin is first secured to the under edges ofthe front and sides, and then bent over von the upper edges of the sides, and fastened thereto, and across the front, by screws or tacks a a.

The reservoir is then suitably secured tothe frame of-the machine. The front is provided with an elongatbd` Slob-C, of a suitable size, having a valve, D, on the'inside'of the reservoir, for closing and opening the same. b b are the perforations made across the bottom of the reservoir.' E E'are metallic plates, secured tothe frame of'the machine by screws c e, and provided with sockets rl d, to receive the ends-of the iluted ribs F F, which revolve freely therein when machine is operated upon. Gis the handle, suitably secured to the top of the frame at the rear end thereof. H I-I are the wheels, properly secured to theends of the axle The axle is held by piatesff, secured to the sides of the frame. The holes in theplates through which the axle passes beingmade large enough for the axle to turn therein. The axle may be made fast, and the wheels tnrlrthereon,whichever deemed best.

I do not desire to limit myself tothe axle and wheels, as I-contemplate using a roller in lieu of `the saine,-

if Iind it more desirable. In the top ofthe reservoir are air-vents y g.

Operation: The machine is dipped in the suds" instead of the clothes; Vthe valve epening,the reservoirv Y.

becomes lled` with the snds,and as soon as the machine is lifted out of the same, the valve` closing, the suds in the reservoir4 will beiretained a sufficient length of time until the machine isl placed on theclothes, when it is rubbed over the same, producing a strong and beautiful lather by the passage off the suds through thc'aperfora-l tions, thusv cleansing the clothes in the most perfect manner. The wheels serveas guides for thepurpose, as4 hereinbefore indicated. The machine may berused on a plain or common wash-board. The'operator holds the clothes in place with one hand, and operates the machine withthe other.

Having thusY fully described my invention, what I claim therein asnew, and desire to sec-ure by Letters Patent, is- 4 l y 1. The reservoir B, in combination with the iluted ribs or rollers F of a washing-board or machine, suhstaib tially as herein described. v Y' f 2. yThe Wheels H H, or their Aequivalent, in combination with the reservoir B undiluted ribs or rollers F, substantially as herein described. 4 a i CI-IAS. E. WAIILGREN.

Witnesses:

R. L. HANNAMAN, G. W. Knnrzrnenn. 

